It’s Family Time~The John M. Sellers Family

John M.* Sellers was born about 1825 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina. He was one of the middle sons of Roland Sellers and Margaret Eddins. John W. Sellers had 13 siblings; He had 8 brothers and 5 sisters.

About April 1850, John W. Sellers married a young lady, age 19, by the name of Mary. After years of research and having lived into the 1900's I still have not determined her maiden name.

Their first child, a son was born in 1854. There may have been a daughter Mary as shown in the 1880 Census  below and and Infant that arrived and did not survive in 1856.  

On 18 December 1856, John W. Sellers and his sister Sarah Sellers executed a deed (DB 15:182 & 183) to John Pratt giving him title to approximately 165 acres land on the  East & North side Jones Creek to secure a loan of five hundred and sixty dollars.

John W. Sellers enlisted with Co. "B", 31st Regiment, Anson County, NC on 8 September 1863. His Regiment was known as the "O-KAY BOYS".  He died on 14 May 1864 at the age of 39 in Drewery's Bluff, Virginia. He was also known as John M. Sellers.

Mary his wife, born 7 July 1830 in Anson County, remained single and begin drawing a Civil War pension about 1885, She raised her son and daughter alone.

Mary died on 26 Dec 1905 at the age of 75 in Lilesville, Anson, North Carolina, United States. I have spent many hours searching for Mary's maiden name and death date.  I did find one minor clue that I feel certain is a report of her death. On page 206 of Emma Goodwin’s “TypeTalk of Lilesville Township Anson County, NC the following death notice appeared from the December 28, 1905 Newspaper.

“Mrs. Polly Sellers, 80, of Lilesville Township died at her home on Tuesday Night.” 

The 28th of December 1905 was a Thursday; so Polly Sellers died on 26 December 1905.

John W. Sellers and Mary  had the following children:

        i.    William R. "Todd" Sellers, born 13 Feb 1854, Anson County, North Carolina; married Rosa Elizabeth Ratliff, 1880; died 20 May 1924, Lilesville, Anson, North Carolina.
         ii.    Mary Sellers, born 1854, Anson County, North Carolina; married Lewis Jones.
         iii.    Infant Sellers was born in 1856 in Anson County, North Carolina.

*Note: Name appeared as John M and John W. Sellers.

John M./W. Sellers is my 1st Cousin 4X Removed.

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     1. 1850 U. S. Census, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Page: 143A(stamped); Line 41, Dwelling 691, Family 691, Household of John W. SELLERS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 14 August 2014); citing  National Archives Microfilm M432 Roll 851.
     2. North Carolina, Deed Book:  DEED BOOK 15,, Pages 182 & 183, Sarah & J. W. Sellars to John Pratt; Register of Deeds, Wadesboro, Anson County, North Carolina.
     3. 1860 U. S. Census, Anson County, North Carolina, population schedule, Morven, Anson County, North Carolina, Page 279; Line 27, Dwelling 911, Family 876, Household of John SELLERS; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 14 August 2014); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M653, Roll 887.
     4. "North Carolina DIGITAL ARCHIVES," NC Dept. of History & Archives,  (http://mars.archives.ncdcr.gov/ : viewed 3 August 2019), Civil War Widow's Pension, "John M. Sellers," 2; MARS Id: 5.22.380.66.
     5. Ancestry, "Civil War Service Records" database, Military Service Records (https://www.fold3.com/ : accessed 3 March 2020), entry for John M. Sellers, Private; 31st_NC_Infantry; Confederate.
     6. 1900 US Census, Anson County, North Carolina, population schedule; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed ); citing National Archives Microfilm T623, Roll 1181.
     7. 1850 U. S. Census, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Population Schedule, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Page: 143A(stamped); Line 41, Dwelling 691, Family 691, Household of John W. SELLERS.
     8. 1860 U. S. Census, Anson County, North Carolina, Population Schedule, Morven, Anson County, North Carolina, Page 279; Line 27, Dwelling 911, Family 876, Household of John SELLERS.
     9. 1870 U S Census, Anson County, North Carolina, population schedule, Lilesville, Anson, North Carolina, Page: 378A(Stamped); Line 33, Dwelling 190, Family 190, Household of Mary SELLERS; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 3 March 2019); citing National Archive  Microfilm M593, Roll 1122.
     10. 1880 US Census, Anson County, North Carolina, population schedule, Lilesville, Anson, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 008, Page: 484B (stamped); Line 25, Dwelling 391, Family 400, Household of Mary SELLERS; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 3 March 2020); citing National Archives Microfilm T9, Roll 951.
     11. State Archives of North Carolina .., NC Manuscript and Archives Reference System (http://mars.archives.ncdcr.gov/ : viewed 2 August 2014), digital Image of Pension Application, "Pension Bureau: Act of 1885 Pension Applications - John Sellers," MARS Id: 5.21.49.61 (Folder); Call Number: Box 6:162.
     12. 1900 US Census, Anson County, North Carolina, population schedule, , , .
     13. Mrs. Polly Sellers obituary, The Messenger and Intelligencer, Wadesboro, Anson County, North Carolina, United States, 28 December 1905, Page 5, column 1.
     14. 1860 U. S. Census, Anson County, North Carolina, Population Schedule, Morven, Anson County, North Carolina, Page 279; Line 27, Dwelling 911, Family 876, Household of John SELLERS.

It’s Family Time~Roland Sellers and Jane Baxter

Roland Sellers was borne about 1794, a son of Phillip Sellers, Sr. and Mary Gulledge. He like his father was a farmer. About 1817, he married Margaret Eddins daughter of  William B. Eddins and his wife Nancy [LNU].

Roland and Margaret raised a family of 14 children; 9 sons and 5 daughters. Margaret Eddins Sellers died in 1841 at the age of forty-three.

The death of Margaret Eddins Sellers left Roland, a farmer, in a delicate position. His last two children, twin daughters, were just 4 years of age.

On 28 December 1842, Roland married Jane Baxter as his second wife. To this union were borne two children.

1. Flora D. Sellers was born about 1844 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina. Flora never married and remained a Spinster her entire life. She died after 1880.
2. Lucy E. Sellers was born in 1846 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina. The 1900 Census shows her month/year of birth as May 1850 but she was age 4 in the 1850 census for Chesterfield County, SC. She died on 15 Jun 1925 at the age of 79 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina. Lucy never married and remained a Spinster her entire life.

Roland served in the War of 1812 and his war record contains significant genealogical information about him and his two marriages.

1. JANE BAXTER SELLERS was age 69 in April 1879
2. Rolen’s  1st Wife Margaret Eddins died in 1841
3. Jane Baxter is the Widow of Rolen Sellers deceased.
4. She (Jane) was married to the said ROLEN SELLERS at the city (or town) of (blank), in the County of Chesterfield, South Carolina, on the 28th day of December A. D. 1842 by Wm. Moore who was a Minister of the Gospel;
5. ROLEN SELLERS died at Chesterfield County in the State of South Carolina, on the 9th day of March A. D., 1848;

Rolen died as shown on 9 March 1848; Margaret Eddins, his first wife died in 1841 and Jane Baxter, 2nd wife of Rolen Sellers died after 1 January 1883. In January 1883 she appeared on this Pensioners Roll. (Last Entry)

A specific actual death date for Jane Baxter Sellers has not been found.

THE MILITARY RECORDS

OF

ROLEN SELLERS

WAR OF 1812

CLAIM OF WIDOW FOR SERVICE PENSION Under the Provision of Sections 4734 to 4720, inclusive. Revised Statutes, and the ACT of March 9, 1878.
State of South Carolina
County of Chesterfield
On this 4th day of April A. D., One Thousand Eight Hundred and Seventy Nine, personally appearing before me, Thomas F. Mulloy, C.C.P. & C (s), the same being a Court of Record within and for the County and State aforesaid, JANE BAXTER SELLERS, aged 69 years, a resident of Chesterfield County in the State of South Carolina, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of ROLEN SELLERS, deceased, who was the identical ROLEN SELLERS who served under the name of ROLEN SELLERS as a PRIVATE in the Company Commanded by Capt. Welsh in the Regiment of (blank), commanded by (blank) in the War of 1812; that her said husband, on or about the 16th day of Sept. A. D., 1814 enlisted for the term of (blank), and continued in actual service in said war for the term of six months and whose service was terminated by reason of honorable discharge, at Charleston, S. C. on the (blank). She further states that the following description of her said husband at the time of his enlistment was, (viz) Age twenty one years, farmer from Chesterfield County, to be about five feet and six inches, dark hair, blue eyes, light complexion. She further states that she was married to the said ROLEN SELLERS at the city (or town) of (blank), in the County of Chesterfield, South Carolina, on the 28th day of December A. D. 1842 by Wm. Moore who was a Minister of the Gospel; and that her name before her said marriage was Jane Baxter, and that she has not remarried since the death of the said ROLEN SELLERS; and she fur­ther states that ROLEN SELLERS, her husband was formerly married to Margaret Eddins, who died in the year 1841, in Chesterfield County, South Carolina, and that her said husband ROLEN SELLERS died at Chesterfield County in the State of South Carolina, on the 9th day of March A. D., 1848; and she further declares that the following have been the places of the residences of herself and her said husband, since the date of his discharge from the Army (viz), Chesterfield County, South Carolina. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Pension to which she may be entitled under Section 4736 to 4740, inclusive, Revised Statutes, and the ACT of March 9, 1878, and hereby appoints, with full power of Substitution revocation, Benjamin F. Lytle of Charleston, S. C. her true and lawful attorney to prose­cute her claim.
And she further declares that she has heretofore made an application for Pension just before the late (one/year) but never received anything, and that her residence is County of Chesterfield, State of South Carolina, and that her Post Office address is Chesterfield Count House, South Carolina.
(Two attesting witnesses who can write their name.)
Wm. Moore
Joseph B. Sellers

Also appeared Wm. Moore, age 73 years, residing at Chesterfield Court House South Carolina and Joseph B. Sellers, age 65 years, residing at Chesterfield County, South Carolina.

THE MILITARY RECORDS OF ROLEN SELLERS

WAR of 1812

No. 35,987-25681

SERVICE PENSION - War of 1812

Act of March 9th, 1878
Jane Baxter Sellers, Chesterfield C. H., S. C.
Widow of Rolen Sellers, Cap'n Welch's Co.
South Carolina Militia
Died March 9, 1848 (writing too faded to read, looks like Memorial....")

Revised April 18th, 1879 (writing too faded to read)
Beni. F. Lytle (Atty)
Charleston, S. C.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

PENSION OFFICE

Washington, D. C. MAY 3^rd

Sir,
In the Pension Claim #35987 under act March 9, 187_, of Jane B. Sellers, widow of Rolen Sellers, Claimant is required to state whether she ever received a Land Warrant for the service of her husband in the War of 1812, if so give the number and state her place of residence, and where the application was made for it.
Return this letter with reply.

Very Respectively,
Jas. Bennet
Commissioner
Benjamin R. Lytle, Atty

NEW OLD WAR, BOUNTY SERVICE PENSION

Land Division War of 1812

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Pension Office

May 3^rd, 1879
Sir,
You are respectively requested [to give] official evidence of the enrollment, service, duty and discharge or death of Rolen Sellers alleged to have been ENLISTED at the 15th day of Sept. 1814 in Capt. Welsh Company of Regiment of S. C. Militia, and to have been discharged (or died) at Charleston, S. C.
If the above name is not found on the rolls of said Company, will you so state, and report as to enrollment etc. In the case of any man leaving a similar name when you have good reason for believing for it to be soldier inquired for.
Please return this circular with your report. Widow Claim # 35987
J. A. Bennett Commissioner
Hon. Z. Ashton

TREASURY DEPARTMENT

THIRD ADJUTANTS OFFICE

June 4th, 1879
Respectively returned to the Commissioner of Pension with the information that the rolls of Captain William Welch's Company of South Carolina Militia show that Rolen Sellers served from September 24, 1814 to March 12th, 1815. Paid for five (5) months and Eighteen (18) days.
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Deputy Auditor

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF CHESTERFIELD
I, William Moore, a Minister of the Gospel, do hereby certify that on the 28th day of December A. D., 1842, in the County of Chesterfield, State of S. Carolina, I joined in marriage Rolen Sellers (now deceased) and Jane B. Sellers according to the forms (unable to read).
Signed and subscribed before me on this 9th day of May A. D. 1879.
Wm. Moore
Thomas F. Mulloy

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHESTERFIELD
On this 10th day of June 1879, personally appeared before me Hugh Craig and William A. Mulloy, of lawful age, residents of said County and State and (unable to read) whom I certify to be responsible and reliable witness, who after being duly sworn according to law, depose and say they were well and intimately acquainted to Rolen Sellers, late of the County of Chesterfield and State of South Carolina, dec'd, and with his family-that the said Rolen Sellers departed this life on or about ninth of March A. D. 1848, in the County of Chesterfield, State of South Carolina, leaving surviving him Jane B. Sellers, his widow, who still remains his widow never having (unable to read) Marriage & (unable to read) since the death of her said husband Rolen Sellers. Officials further state that the above (declared?) facts are true and personal knowledge and are disinterested in the claim of the said Jane B. Sellers for pension.
Hugh Craig
Sworn and Subscribed before me on the day and year first above William A. Mulloy written and I further certify that I am disinterested in the Claim of the said Jane B. Sellers.
Thomas F. Mulloy Clerk

Roland Sellers is my 3rd Great Grand Uncle.

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Name recorded as Roland and Rolen
1. 1850 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Page: 143B (stamped); Line 1, Dwelling 692, Family 692, Household of Jane SELLERS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 23 September 2015); citing  National Archives Microfilm M432 Roll 851.
     2. 1870 U. S. Census, Court House, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Mount Croghan, Chesterfield, South Carolina, Page: 325A(stamped); Line 2, Dwelling 18, Family 18, Household of J. [Jane] SELLERS; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 6 June 2019); citing National Archive  Microfilm M593, Roll 1491.
     3. 1880 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Mount Croghan, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 007, Page: 353A(stamped); Line 20, Dwelling 6, Family 6, Household of Jane SELLERS; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 23 September 2015); citing National Archive  Microfilm T9, Roll 1225.
     4. Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Deed Book 6: pages 112 & 113, Rolin R. Sellers and Phillip A. Sellers to William R. Sellers Deed; 7 October 1850, Register of Deeds, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina.
     5. http://genealogytrails.com/scar/chesterfield/1883_pensioners.htm
     6. 1900 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Mount Croghan, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 0025, Page: 12A/159 (stamped); Line 44, Dwelling 214, Family 219, Household if Steven D. SELLERS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : viewed 20 September 2015); citing National Archives Microfilm  T623_1523.
     7. 1910 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Mt. Croghan, Chesterfield, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 0041, : 0041; FHL microfilm: 1375468; Page: 17B/217 (stamped); Line 85, Dwelling 310, Family 310, Household of Susannah SELLERS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : viewed 28 January 2020); citing National Archives Microfilm  T624_1455.
     8. 1920 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Mount Croghan, Chesterfield, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 44, Page: 1B/250 (stamped); Line 85, Dwelling 16; Family 16, Household of Lucy E SELLERS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : viewed 20 January 2020); citing National Archives Microfilm T625_1690.
     9. South Carolina, Death Records, 1821-1961,  Images. Ancestry, (https://www.ancestry.com:  20 January 2020), South Carolina, Death Records, 1821-1961, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, Lucy SELLERS; Certificate number 9551, 15 June 1925.
  10. http://genealogytrails.com/scar/chesterfield/1883_pensioners.htm

It’s Family Time~James David Sellers

James David Sellers, born about 1822, was the 3rd of 14 children born to Roland Sellers and his wife Margaret Eddins.

About 1845, James David married Sarah Ann Gaskins, age 19, daughter of Darling Monroe Gaskins and Mary Nelson. Over the next 12 years, James David and Sarah Ann would grow their family with the birth of four daughters and a son. By the time their youngest had turned 4; a war was on the horizon and James David enlisted on 13 April 1861 with Co. 'B', 8th SC Infantry. 

Six months after enlisting to serve in the Civil War, James David died from Typhoid Fever on 15 October 1861 in Richmond, Virginia. 

Tombstone Photo Courtesy of Julius Burr

Military records, online at Fold3.com, shows that Sarah Ann Sellers claimed the effects of her deceased husband on 11 March 1862.

I don’t know if James David Sellers body was returned home or not; but, there is a Confederate Grave Marker for James David Sellers in the Hopewell Baptist Church Cemetery, Chesterfield, South Carolina.

The Children of James David Sellers and Sarah Ann Gaskins are:
        i.    Queen M. Sellers was born on 1 Sep 1846 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina. Never married.
        ii.    Alexander Hossick Sellers was born in May 1850 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina. He died on 15 Jun 1926 at the age of 76 and was buried at Hopewell Baptist Church Cemetery.
         iii.    Eliza Ann Sellers, born 16 Oct 1854, Ruby, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married Joel H. Douglass; died 16 May 1941, Junction City, Union, Arkansas.
         iv.    Louisa Jane Sellers, born 10 Jul 1856, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married William Jesse Jenkins, 1881; died 24 Jan 1938.
         v.    Mary E. Sellers, born 22 Mar 1857, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married Abraham D. Catoe, abt 1879; died 7 Mar 1945, Valdosta, Lowndes, Georgia.

James David Sellers is my 1st Cousin 4 times removed.








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1. 1850 U S Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina, Page: 143A(stamped); Line 35, Dwelling 689, Family 689, Household of  James D. SELLERS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 25 November 2016); citing  National Archives Microfilm M432 Roll 851.
2. Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Deed Book 6: pages 112 + 113, Rolin R. Sellers and Phillip A. Sellers to William R. Sellers Deed; 7 October 1850, Register of Deeds, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina.
3. 1860 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Chesterfield, South Carolina, Page: 147 (stamped); Line 9, Dwelling 748, Family 746, Household of J. D. SELLARS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 25 November 2016); citing  National Archives Microfilm M653_1217.
4. Ancestry, "Civil War Service Records" database, Military Service Records (https://www.fold3.com/ : accessed 25 November 2016), entry for James David Sellers, Private; Co. 'B', 8th SC Infantry; Confederate.
5. Randolph W. Kirkland Jr., Broken Fortunes: South Carolina Soldiers, Sailors and Citizens Who Died in the Service of Their Country and State in the War for Southern Independence, 1861-1865 (Columbia, South Carolina: Univ of South Carolina, 1997), J. D. Sellers, page 312.
6. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed  25 November 2016); Memorial page for James David Sellers; (1822–15 October 1861); Find a Grave memorial # 31354684, Citing Hopewell Baptist Church Cemetery; Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, USA.
7. 1880 U. S. Census, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Court House, Chesterfield, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 005, Page: 312B(stamped); Line 8, Dwelling 49, Family 49, Household of Mary BURKLEY; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 10 June 2017); citing  National Archives Microfilm T9-1225.
9. Chesterfield County, South Carolina, DEED BOOK 10: pages 285 + 286, Queen M. Sellers to Alexander Sellers; Register of Deeds, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina.
10. 1880 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Court House, Chesterfield, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 005, Page: 312B (stamped); Line 16, Dwelling 50, Family 50, Household of  Alexander SELLERS; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 7 June 2017); citing National Archive  Microfilm T9, Roll 1225.

Tombstone Tuesday~Susana Sellers

Susana Sellers
b. 1837
d. Feb. 12, 1919

bu. Hopewell Baptist Church Cemetery

Photo Courtesy of Julious Burr

Susana was born about 1837, the youngest child of Roland Sellers and Margaret Eddins. It’s quite possible that she was a twin to Sarah A. Sellers. Susanna remained single her entire life and spent that time with her Step-Mother Jane Baxter Sellers until Jane’s death after January of 1883.

In 1900, she is living with her brother Steven D. Sellers.

Susana Sellers passed away on 12 Feb. 1919 and was buried in the Hopewell Baptist Church Cemetery.

Susana Sellers is my 1st Cousin 4 times removed.

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1. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 20 February 2015); Memorial page for Susana Sellers; (1837–12 February 1919); Find a Grave memorial # 32239104, Citing Hopewell Baptist Church Cemetery; Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, USA.
2. 1850 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Page: 143B (stamped); Line 1, Dwelling 692, Family 692, Household of Jane SELLERS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 23 September 2015); citing National Archives Microfilm M432 Roll 851.
3. 1880 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Mount Croghan, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 007, Page: 353A(stamped); Line 20, Dwelling 6, Family 6, Household of Jane SELLERS; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 23 September 2015); citing National Archive Microfilm T9, Roll 1225.
4. 1900 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Mount Croghan, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 0025, Page: 12A/159 (stamped); Line 44, Dwelling 214, Family 219, Household if Steven D. SELLERS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : viewed 20 September 2015); citing National Archives Microfilm  T623_1523.

It’s Family Time~Roland R. Sellers

Roland R. Sellers, a son of Roland Sellers and  Margaret Eddins was born in 1821 in Chesterfield County, South Carolina.

On 25 December 1844, at the age if 23, Roland married the widow of Thomas Brooks, a young lady by the name of Sarah Pratt Brooks, daughter of Samuel Pratt and Clarinda Ann Teal of Anson County, North Carolina.

Roland and Sarah had two known children:

i. William A. D. Sellers was born about 1849 in Morven, Anson, North Carolina.  William A. D. Sellers apparently died before reaching the age of 10; he was listed in the 1850 census, but not in the 1860 census records.

1850 CENSUS, Morven, Anson County, Page 172B; Rolen SELLERS, age 30, farmer, his wife Sarah SELLERS, age 42 and their son, William A. D. SELLERS, age 8/12.

ii. Sarah Elizabeth Sellers was born about 1851 in Anson County, North Carolina. No further record of Sarah Elizabeth has been found.

When the Civil War broke out in January 1861, Roland left his farm and joined other Anson County boys serving with Company "K", 26th NC Regiment. Unfortunately, Roland did not return from the War. He was wounded in the intestines near Savannah, Georgia, on December 10, 1864. and passed away on 13 December 1864. He is buried in the Laurel Grove Cemetery (North); Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia.

https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=37497140

Roland’s wife, Sarah Pratt Brooks Sellers, passed away on 23 Nov 1871 in Anson County. No tombstone has been found marking her resting place.

Roland R. Sellers is my 1st Cousin 4 times removed.




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1. Ancestry, "Civil War Service Records" database, Military Service Records (http://www.fold3.com/ : accessed 9 June 2014), entry for Roland R. SELLERS, Private; Third Artillery, 40th State Troops; Comfederate.
2. North Carolina, Deed Book: DB 12, page 314, ALEXANDER S. W. ALPIN to ROLIN R. SELLERS; Register of Deeds, Wadesboro, Anson County, North Carolina.
3. 1850 Census, Anson County, North Carolina, population schedule, Morven, Anson County, North Carolina, Page: 172B; Line 12, Dwelling 203, Family 203, Household of Rolen SELLERS; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 19 March 2014); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, Roll 619.
4. Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Deed Book 6: pages 112 & 113, Rolin R. Sellers and Phillip A. Sellers to William R. Sellers Deed; 7 October 1850, Register of Deeds, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina.
5. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), "Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-Sept. 30, 1971," Microfilm Roll #: 92; Archive Publication #: M841, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 19 May 2014), Appointments of U. S. Postmasters,Morven, Anson, North Carolina; National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Rolen R Sellers appointed 6 October 1854.
6. 1860 U. S. Census, Anson County, North Carolina, population schedule, Lilesville, Anson County, North Carolina, Page: 299A(stamped); Line 36, Dwelling 1217, Family 1167, Household of Rowland SELLARS; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 19 May 2014); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M653, Roll 887.
7. Ancestry,Military Service Records, database entry for Rolen R. SELLERS, Private; Company "K", 26th NC Regiment; Confederate.
8. Ancestry,Military Service Records, database entry for Rolen R. SELLERS, Private; Co. "C", 3rd Artillery (40th State Troops); Confederate.
9. Louis H. Manarin, North Carolina Troops, 1861-1865: A Roster (Raleigh, North Carolina: Office of Archives and History, 2013), Volume 1, page 716, Column 2, ROLAND R. SELLERS.
10. Ancestry,Military Service Records, database entry for Rolen R. SELLERS, Private; 3rd Artillery, (40th State Troops); Confederate.
11. Manarin, North Carolina Troops, 1861-1865, Volume 1, page 716, Column 2, ROLAND R. SELLERS.
12. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 14 June 2014); Memorial page for Roland R. SELLERS; (1841–13 December 1864); Find a Grave memorial # 37497140, Citing Laurel Grove Cemetery (North); Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA.
13. Anson County, North Carolina, North Carolina, Estate Files, 1663-1979, Sarah PRATT SELLERS; digital images, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org: viewed 14 June 2015); NC Estate File -Sarah Sellers. Marriage date source.
14. North Carolina, Deed Book: Deed Book 16: page 62.
15. 1870 U S Census, Anson County, North Carolina, population schedule, Morven, Anson County, North Carolina, Page: 395B (stamped); Line 15, Dwelling 83, Family 83, Household of S. [Sarah] SELLARS; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 19 May 2012); citing National Archive Microfilm M593, Roll 1122.
16. Anson County, North Carolina, Sarah PRATT SELLERS, NC Estate File -Sarah Sellers, Death date.
17. Anson County, North Carolina, Sarah PRATT SELLERS, NC Estate File -Sarah Sellers, nee Brooks.
18. 1870 U S Census, Anson County, North Carolina, Population Schedule, Morven, Anson County, North Carolina, Page: 395B (stamped); Line 15, Dwelling 83, Family 83, Household of S. [Sarah] SELLARS.

Amanuensis Monday~WILL of Stephen D. Sellers, 1907

Amanuensis Monday is a genealogy blogging theme. It was started by John Newmark who writes the TransylvanianDutch blog.


His definition of Amanuensis is:
Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another.


Today’s subject is The Chesterfield District WILL of Stephen D. Sellers, 1907.¹


State of South Carolina}
County of Chesterfield}
In the name of God Amen.
I Stephen D. Sellers of the county of Chesterfield State of South Carolina being of sound mind memory and understanding praised be God for the same and also being aware of the uncertainty of Life and certainty of Death do make, ordain, Publish and declare this to be my Last Will and Testament in manner and form, following that is to say.
1^st. I give bequeath and devise all my property both real and Personal to my Sister Susannah Sellers for and during her natural Life to hold and use as She needs it
2. and after the Death of my Sister Susannah what property of mine is left both Real and Personal it to go to my Sister Lucy for her Personal use.
3^rd. And if both my Sisters Susannah and Lucy should die and it does not luke [look] it is my will that Balance of my property both real and Personal Shall go to Walter Oliver Son of H. H. & Jane Oliver to hold forever.
4^th. And it is my will that all Timber on my Real estate is to stay on Place must be used only on said place.
5^th. And Lastly, I nominate appoint and constitute the Clerk of Court of Chesterfield County South Carolina whoever he may be to execute this my Last Will and Testament for the Purpose of carrying out the purposed therein declared. In witness whereof I the said Stephen D. Sellers have hereunto set my hand and Seal this the 3^rd day of May in the year one thousand nine hundred and Seven and in the 131^st year of the Independence of the United States of America.
Signed Sealed declared}                                 Stephen X (his mark) D. Sellers {LS}
and Published as and}
for his Last Will and}
Testament by the above}
named Stephen D. Sellers}
In the Presence of us who}
at his request and in}
the presence of each other}
have Subscribed our }
names.}
J. S. Wadsworth
H. H. Oliver
S. H. Oliver
 
Stephen D. Sellers, born 17 January 1834 , a son of Roland Sellers and Margaret Eddins.  He never married. Prior to his death on 13 March 1909 he and two of his unmarried sisters, named above, were residing in his home. 
 
1900 CENSUS: Mount Croghan, Chesterfield County, South Carolina; Roll: 1523; Enumeration District:0025; FHL microfilm: 1241523, Page: 12A/159 (stamped); Line 44, Dwelling 214, Family 219; Steven D. SELLERS, Male, age 66, born Jan 1834 in SC; Susannah SELLERS, Sister, age 60, born Feb 1840 in SC; Lucy SELLERS, Sister, age 50, born May 1850 in SC and Jim GULLEDGE, Male, Servant, age 15, born Jan 1885 in SC.
 
Stephen D. Sellers is my 1st cousin 4 times removed.








 
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[1] "South Carolina Probate Records, Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-19383-31212-21?cc=1911928&wc=MPP5-N38:190567401,190561002,190567402,191815201 : accessed 20 September 2015), Chesterfield > Probate Court, Estate records > 1865-1927 > Cases 0980-1052 > image 581-582 of 1643; county courthouses, South Carolina, and South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia.

Sunday’s Obituary~P. A. Sellers

Phillip A. Sellers is my 1st cousin 4 times removed. He was born 3 May 1818, a son of Roland Sellers and Margaret Eddins. He married Martha Ann Brooks about 1844.



While out in his field yesterday morning Mr. Phillip A Sellers, of Lilesville township, very suddenly yielded to an attack of heart failure and expired when he fell. Anson County had no more worthy citizen. He was 82 years old and was loved, honored and revered by every one who knew him. His death will be deplored by the entire county. ¹

Phillip A. Sellers and his wife are buried at Shiloh United Methodist Church Cemetery, Cairo, Anson County, North Carolina. ²









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[1] Mr. Phillip A. Sellers obituary, The Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States, 3 July 1902, page 4. Three Deaths.
[2] Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, digital image, (http://www.findagrave.com : Accessed on 1 January 2013); Headstone for Phillip A. Sellers; (3 May 1818–2 July 1902); Records of the Shiloh United Methodist Church Cemetery; Cairo, Anson County, North Carolina, United States.